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Mt. Vernon Republican (Mount Vernon, Ohio : 1854), 1858-04-27

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:;SFOL , IV. ' MOUNT VERNON, OHIO, TUESDAY MORNING, APR. 27, 1858. NO. 24: (i-;;;:,(.' LECOMPTON. From "April Fool" Poem in ths Modi American. ( , , , Hold ! her is one and what's to pay ? . Lccompton's dead and gone, . , Ilia body in the Court House lay I '' Good bye, old Le-comp-ton. in i Go on 1 Lecompton's dead they say, lie died near alt-fools' Htation ; Ile'll come to life again by May And fool this mighty Nation. Hold up 1 we'll take another look ; . They've made him a long will, All pettifogged from head to foot, ' Intended for a sell. Tou're not Lccompton, that's a fact, You're old St. Patrick, certain : Somo simple dolls have brought you back From out behind tho curtain. .Poor old St. Patrick, now for fun ! How badly your are used ; They've turned you into Le-comp-ton, And put you iu his shoes. Well, never mind, old Beeswax Pat, Before May flowers blossom They'll find out that you're a rat, And only playing possum ,. What ! ho ; old-horse-bird travel on J We'll never be thus foolod, Good bye, old bogus Le-comp-ton, Drive on, old long-winged mule ! self into ber presence, the work hag been ac. coinplishcd as you desired," 'lis well,' responded tlie lair girl witu a sien- 'Yes, but, my love, Park Wilson, will find this a tough night to bo boxing about in t Written for tho Evening Expositor. LON SHANNON. THE CORSAIR OP THE HUDSON. o it DELL LIXDON; TPS TEN IMItATE SHOT. A TIIKILMVG TALE. OF OCEAN ADVENTURE. BIT W. t. HABT, ESQ. AUTflOU OF THE " TUB BAILOR BOY ' MBF.TINQ." "BEN TAIL," "WHALE FI8HERT," ETC., Ambitious love or gainful trade, Still led them on their way ; Not so fur me my soul wus mad. To seek another stay. Concluded. , . . Just as the god of day was hiding behind the low storm cloud in the western horizon, ton Shannon ordered out the quarter boat, jfhis being done a goodly amount of provisions , jwere placed in her. Park Wilson was then . brought into the presence of the Pirate chief-. . i tain; his irons were removed and ho was hurried over the side into the boat. 'There you arc, my friend Wilson, without leckor compass,' said Lnn Shannon; 'it is but . ' the bidding of Dell Lindon. Should you be .' picked up, 'tis well; should you perish, you may thank the wife of Lon Shannon; good night, sir; may you have a prosperous voyage.'"Shiver my bloody chain plates,' chimed in "the first mate 'if he don't have a twister afore momin.' Could the reader have peepod in the cabin of the Black Thunderer, while these things H were transpiring on deck. Dell Lindon might i have been seen to tnko a pencij, and teiring a fly-leaf from a book, to pen thereon a hasty . note, and as hastily cork said note tightly in a glass bottle. When Park Wilson drifted astern of the -ship, he beheld i he face of his beloved Dell through tho cabin window; ho ' also saw her open a dead light and cast the glass bottle in- to the sea, which our hero soon caught as it was floating past him. This littU incident wag unobserved by the pirates as l.hey had not even condescended to j bestow a look upon their victim, after he was cut adri't. Park Wilson hastily uncorked the i bottle and drew forth the note, which ran as ' follows: v 'O, my dear Park, whero, where ix this sad j and fcarfnl drama to end ? As soon as dark- . ness sulhciently sew in, turn and follow us; j get on board seeretly, if possible, and then .;, trust to Providence for (Tie result. If you ': fail I am lost. Bnt remember, should you fail, rather than become a pirate's bride, I will trust to the effects ofa via! or deadly poison I have in my bosom. Yours only, Dell.' . How sad and burdened must have been the winds of Tark Wilson and Dell Lindon, situ-tcd as they now were. .' The defenceless maiden alone, in the power i a band ol men whose avocation was to dip their hands in the blood of their fellow beings and who subsisted upon the ill-gotten spoils 01 innocent captives. No less horrible was the situation of Park TVilson, alone in a frail boat upon the track Jess deep, thousand miles from aid. L But we hurry on to tho conclusion. , On that very night, dear reader, the spirit or the storm, clothed in the most terrific hor rors, strode like a devastating angel of death o'er the rice of the great deep. The very portals or heaven were opened in their fury.the rattling thunders boomed forth peal on peal and the storm king burst forth in his appalling Tengeanco, until the ocean was shook into mountain heaps, and add to the awful sublim itf of that terrible night, the watch-fires of heaven alternately blazed forth and sent its forked tributaries all along the muffled canopy, while ever and anon the boiling - ocean could be seen stacking billow upon billow for mild around. "I . , . When Park Wilson was known to bt well dear of the ship, Lon Shannon bent his foot steps towards the cabin. After walking thro1 Jolly boat. You have looked upon his face for the last time. But never mind, Dell for by that name henco forth I shall call you we shall soon be united, and then adieu to cruising under the skull and cross bones. I hav'nt always been a pirate,' said Shannon, musingly, 'oh, no, I once was rich, honorable; held a Lieutenant's commission in the Royal Navy; out in an evil moment I struck my captain to tho deck a corpse. No one saw tho act, and he was buried not a dozen leagues from where we now are. Heavens ! how the wind blows!' exclaimed the pirate, interrupting himscl f. 'I al ways hated to cruise in these in fernal latitudes. Well as I was saying, it happened just about hore the story is short I urged tho crew to forsake their king. They did so, and good gracious! what heavy thun der! I was about to say there has been a terrible havoc among my men sinco that day, for out of one hundred and thirty hardy tars, I have only thirty-three to flock around my standard. 'My tale is soon told. I have captured every richly laden vessel which has put to sea from the mouth of the Hudson for 18 months and it was while wandering upon the banks of that pleasant river, with an eyo out to plunder, that I first saw thee, sweet Dull Lindon. and I swore that I would possess thee, and my vow has been tulfiled. A terrible clap of thunder caused Dell to utter a slight shriek, another and another, un til it had absolutely become dreadful. Lon Shannon moved about uneasy. He paced the cabin floor until the ship plunged so fearfully that it becamo beyond the power of man to keep his legs, then he repaired to the deck, but soon returned. On, on.dashed tho Black Thunderer, before the wrath of the storm king. '0, how terrible! ' Lost! lost! ! ' exclaimed Dell Lindon, in utter despair. 'No hope left; Lost! lost!' and the poor girl sank down upon the cabin floor, and wept aloud. Dell had en tertained a hopo that Park would yet get on board, but now that the tornado had attained such an awful intensity, she had ceased to hope, and felt sure that her lover was swal lowed up in the mighty surges of old ocean. '0, no, my dear, not lost?' exclaimed Lon Shannon, trying to quiet her, 'not lost; there is plenty of sea room and we have a tight ship. Park Wilson has foundered ere this,' said the pirate, hall aside, Hardly had Lnn Shannon finished the last sentence when a dreadful crash shook the ship from keel to truck. The sound of the crack ing timbers, mingled with the howling ol the tempest on such an awful night as the one in question, can be likened to nothing but a battle of the seraphs with the legions of hell. Lon Shannon leaped to his feet. A howl of despair arose from the crow upon deck, adding terror upon teiror. Tho pirate chief stood for a moment completely spell bound, and his features were of a marble whiteness. 'For God's sake!' he Bhouted, 'where are we?' and he turned to rush on deck. A noise as of some person descending the gangway stairs, caused him to pause a mo ment. The next instant Lon Shannon, was felled to the deck by a powerful blow from an iron belaying him, and ho lay bleoding and sense- less upon the cabin floor, The Chief mate now came down the gang way to consult his captain. He, too, was fel led by th ! simie powerful arm 1 he stranger, which our readers will recog- nizo as no other than Park Wilson, and the crashing of timbers no other than the smash ing of his boat, as she plunged against the ship's side. Immediately after felling the mate, he dis covered a state room door to be slowly open ing, and thinking that it was another officer, he planted himself to deal him also a death blow with his faithful and trusting belaying pin; but, just as the fatal blow was about to descend, Dell Lindon rushed out into his arms. We need not say that Park Wilson, was glad that he did not strike. 'Hist! hist!' whispered Park to his sweet heart. Our hero now placed his hand upon the bell rope and rang for j.lio officer of the deck. The chief mate being below, the second of ficer answered the summons, and also descended the stairs to the cabin. The same fate wan in store for him, which his captain and chief mate had received, and he, too, was felled by" the trusty belaying pin. Lon Shannon had now somewhat recovered from the effects of the blow he had received, and was about rising to spring upon his un known antagonist, when Dell Lindon observ ed the movement, and suddenly springing to his side, she severed his pistols from his belt, and planting herself firmly against the pirate's side, she presented both pistols to his breast and bade bim stir a muscle upon the peril of instant death. Foiled In his attempt to rise, Lon Shannon again fell Back, with a curse, to the floor. A few moments sufficed for Park Wilson, to secure the three worthies with strong cords. Strange, indeed, wertJ these events. So loud had been the wail of the tempest that no noise of the eabin struggle had been heard by the crew on deck. ' . Thus far" then all Was well. The gags were placed into the pirate's mouths,' and the main cabin he knocked upon the door of j Shannon with hisoomrades wflrt tumbled Dell's apartment. ' i own 'nto 1,16 t0,P' ruD n(' tn batches 'Well, my Ioto,' said the pirate bowing him- battened dewaortr their heads. Doll Lindon and her lover now proceeded to open the pirate's rich wardrobe, and only few moments sufficed for our heroine to ex change her female attire and don the garb of a Corsair. And we question whethor a more beautiful specimen of tho human ever appeared decked out in the gay plumage of the out1 law of the ocean. - Park Wilson, too, had provided himself with one of Lon Shannon's suits Now, dear, reader, the most terrible part of this unparalleled drama was about to be en acted; the wholo pirate horde on dock, was yet to be subdued, or an awful fate awaited the lovers. With a firm step, our hero and heroine pro ceeded on deck, after, however, first arming themselves to the teeth, with pistols andcutlasses. The fury of the tornado was evidently well nigh spent, and tho mighty sea was falling before the stilling influence of a lull. As soon as Park Wilson reached the deck, he proceeded forward. The man of the helm of course took no notice of this event, because he presumed them to bo his chief and ono of his officers. - Upon arriving forward. Park took in at a glance tho lay of the land. lie saw that all the srew but two or three were stowed away forward of the windlass, under the topgallant fore castle. He made no remark, but walked back tc the stern and stepped boldly up to the pira:e at the holm, presented a pistol at his breast, and whispered in his ear 'stir but an inch and you're a dead man. You are my prisoner. Your captain and officers are all se cured, and I have a trusty crew on deck. Hemember.a single word from your lips brings instant death.' The pirate helmsman looked his intorlocu tor in the face, arid he fairly gasped for breath, when, by the faint glimmering of the binnacle lamp, he beheld the features of Park Wilson, whom he supposed was buried in the dopths of the ocean ere this, aud the poor outlaw shook like an aspen, and when our hero in lormea mm mat lie would station a man over him to see that he observed his commands, his knees absolutely clashed together, and he whispered for mercy. Dell Lindon took her stand by the helmsman's side and bared her cutlass to his gate. l ark ilson now began to unlash the 12 pound caronades to windward a very differ cult matter for one to accomplish in a rough sea but common obstacles were a thing not to be thought of in such an euieigsncy, and a half hour suffioad for our hero to unship four of these heavy guns and . nicely arrange them in a line across the quarter deck in a manner to sweep tho whole fore part of the ship at every discharge. This plan was concocted and put in execu- toin without the knowledge of tho crew who in fact, knew batter than to even step upon the quarterdeck without orders for Lon Shannon was a disciplinarian, most terrible in his correctness. The morning dawn was fast appearing in the east. Another hour and the d-xuu of Dell Lindon and her lover would be sealed for hap pmess or woe. Luch took his and her station between a pair of those twelve Dounders. Park Wilson placed tho speaking trumpet to his lips, and called all hands. What a mo ment of suspense! The men all tumbled aft into the waiste, at the supposed summons of their leader. o unge oi ineir consternation and surprise, when their eyes fill! upon the position of tho quarter deck; when they beheld tho piercing eye of their; supposod victim transfixed upon thein; when they boheld a strange young man resting either hand upon a twelve pound car onade upon his left. f i. . . men exclaimed our hero, 'you are my prisoners! My hand, you will observe, rests upon the lock-strings of these guns. Stir but a foot from where you are, without orders, and the contents of these trusty caronades shall hurl you all into eternity.' A report of a pistol at our hero's side, caus ed him to look around, and close by his heels the pirate helmsman lay weltering in his gore. He had attempted to leave his wheel, and creep up behind Park; but tho quick eye of Dell had caught the movement, and her un erring aim had frustrated his design by send ing a brace of bullets through his brains. 'You will observe, men,' continued Park, 'that we are desperate and determined, else we would not have incurred the risk we hire to board you, on such a night as the one we bavo just witnessed. Step, one of you. and lock the gangway door leading to the fore castle.' The crew were completely staggered by the events, but one man started with tho pretense of fulfilling the command; but instead of locking the door he threw it open, and was in the act of descending, when a bullet from one of our hero's pistols tumpled him, also a corpse, down in the forecastle below. 'Now lay aloft, every mother's son of you,' shouted Park Wilson in a tone of thunder. The crew did not seem inclined to move. ' 'Stand by!' shouted Park, turning to Dell, 'Stand byl All ready! Fi , but before the word fire was fully pronounced, the crew, with one accord, sprang into the rigging. One by one, the pirates wore ordered down and as fast as thoy touched ths deck, they were ironed off by the undaunted Dell Lin don. ' - One man, mors bold than ths rest, had suc ceeded in getting very near across upon the for and aft stay, from ths for to .ths main rigging. Upon being ordered back, he seized a marlinsplke which hung in ths rigging, and hurled it at the head of our hero, who fell before its crushing force, senseless to the deck. 0, heavens! what a moment of trial was this, Dell Lindon grasped a pistol from her belt and took a steady aim at the pirate who felled her lover. She pulled upon him, and in another moment ho tumbled from bis porch and his fall caused his very bones to stick promiscuously in ths dock. The pirates ten in number which had not as yet been placed in irons, bow began to lay down from aloft, thinking to take advan tage of this moment and turn ths tide of their ill-fortune. With horrible curses thoy bogan to descsud in a body down the starboard fore rigging. Doll Lindon, with a quick powor of conception, which would have done honor to the most triod veteran.darted aft to the twelv pouDder, where her lover lay, and, with poweriui jorlc, she succeeded in pulling out one of the coins under tho breach ofa caro nade thus elevating the gun to an anglo of forty live degrees, and as quick as thought, she seized the lock-strings and the murderous gun opened its deadly fed thunder upon the descending pirates. ior a moment the result of that terrible discharge was enshrouded iu smoke. A sti fled cry, mingling with the crushing of bul warks and cracking of rent cordage, preson. ted a frightful illustration of ocean war. Aw ful! aye, terrible was tho effects of that shot. Of all the starboard rigging, every pirate do scending those shrouds, not a vestage remain' od; all had met with oue common destruc tion, and scattered hithor and yon upon the boiling waters could be seen strewn fragments of human bodies. Dell Lindon had indeed de cided the dreodlul day, by her Tun Puu.it: Suot. The report of the caronade had fully arous'd Park Wilson to consciousness, and .upon examination it was found that he was only stunned, and not seriously hurt, and in two hours he had entirely recovered, with the ex ception of some pain, experienced from his flesh wound. Out of the thirty-four, thirteen had been killed and only twenty-one remained; but those wore all secured. Five of these were now reloased and made to clear up the ship's decks, and make jail, &c. Accordingly all were made to take tegular turns and do ship duty. It was a lovely morn, six days after the event recorded above, that the Black Thun derer, under piratical colors, might have been seen standing boldly into the mouth of the beautiful Hudson lliver. Mon, women and children flocked from all quarters, by hundreds; for tho report that Lon bliannon, the notorious Corsair of the Hud son, was sailing up the river, spread like wild fire. What did it mean? Was be pursuod like Robert Kidd of old? and did he wish to sink his ship by the side of the old hulk of that no ted Tirate? Thousands of such speculations were ad vanced by the multitude, as they thronged thither to obtain a glance at the Pirate ship. Steadily on stood the bold buccaneer; his streamer floating in the gentle breeze, bearing upon its folds the terrible piratical emblem, known as the skull and cross bones. The Thunderer sailed as if by magic, and when her yards were braced or squared they moved apparently through tho agency of in visible spirits. Presently her long tier of of spar deck-ports began to raise and simultaneously both her broadsides rent the air with their most deafening thunder. Many persons fled from the banks of the river thinking that Loo Shannon had indeed made bold to search out prises under the very eyes of the government, and also dared to turn his erd nance upon peaceful eitiieas on shore. An old gentleman now rode up in hot haste and shouted at the top of his voice- Clear the way here! Come on!' said he turning in bis saddle and addressing a corps of artillery. 'Forward?' again thundered the old man and plank your field-pieces upon this eminence and stand ready to fire upon the bloody pirate the moment I give the word. I will teach him to run into this river with impunity. 0, the dog; I believe he stole my child; ah, yes. my children Park and Dell! Just as Col. Lindon, was about to give the word fire, the rattling of the cablo through the hawser holes on board the pirate, announ ced the Black Thunderer was coming toanchor. All eyes were turned toward the ship when beautiful female leaped upon the wheel house. A moment she stood and surveyed the crowd on shore, and then in a clear ring ing voice, she cried 'Bring the prisoners on deck!, In a moment three men loaded with chains. stood by her side. Behold, Lon Shannon.' continued tho fo- malo, 'the multitude, into whose hands I am about to deliver you. May the Lord have mercy upon you. - Once mors shall you hear the thunders of your home of blood, and then farewell; all ready fire!' shouted Dull Lindon, and the peal of the Black Thunderer's batte ries was heard to echo for miles across the country. Gracious heavens!' shouted old Col. Lindon rushing down the river bank, 'my child! my child.' ' A few moments and Park Wilson had lowered a boat and landed amid shouts and cheers from ths populace. Old Col, Lindon strained his daughter to his bosom. ' He em braced Park Wilton, and, in the presence of the excited crowd, he placed his daughter's hand in that of our hero's and bade them go and be happy. i Park Wilson was mounted upon a box, and related the history of their sdventures how Dell Lindon was abducted his sufferings tho blinding storm all, all; and his re marks of success during these trying scenes; and the heroic feat of Doll Lindon, in bor ten pirate shot, were received amid the most deaf-oning applause and exclamations of wonder ever recorded upon the heroio page . 'What kind ofa kettle o' fish is this? roared a little man, as he came rushing down the hill, after he saw that there was no more danger of his getting killed , for, to tell the truth, he had been tho first man to run, when tho Thundsrer fired her batteries, 1 tell me immediately, gentlemen, for you must be aware that I am no other person than the fearless and intrepid Bill Bangham, high sheriff of this county no palaverin. By the powers, I must make an awful report of this day's work.' Col. Lindon explained the matter to the little sheriff, who thought something must be done immediately to capture the pirate. A shout arose in the crowd 1 haner him! hang him ! ' The sheriff thinking that thoy meant him, fell upou his knees and began to mplore tho protection of tho Colonel. ' Up man ! up, sir,' said the Colonel, 'tncy aon't mean you ; wey mean tho pi rate.' Oh, that alters the matter,' roared tho little sheritf, jumping to his feet ' Hold. gentlemen, hold ; I am high sheriff of this county, and you must know I will bavo no lynching hore,' and the undaunted littlo spe cimon of a sheriff began to slide off up tho hill. Just as the sun was disappearing iu the west, Lon Sbanron .was escorted on shore, amid yells more savage than were credited to Aborigines of tho American wild, Tho prisoner's were dragged to tho spot where Dell Lindon was seized, upon the night of her abduction, and there, before their eyes, a gib bet was erected.. The two officers were strung up first, to make the mental pang more dreadful to the pirate chieftain. Another moment, and Lon Shannon, the Corsair of the Hudson, was dangling a corpse between the heavens and the earth. Some weeks after the above event, tho crew of tho Thundorer were sent to England in irons, to bo tried and convicted according to the laws of their native country. All were transported for life. Parliament very humanely appropriated a portion 10,000 to be settled upon Park Wilson and Dell Lindon upon the event of their marriage ; which event, dear reader, we are gratified to chron icle, took place within a month after Lon Shannon expiated his crimes. The old Colonel lived a good many years to bicss his grand children, and to enjoy happi-noss,becauso of his children's happiness. And now in conclusion wo would say, should the reader cvor tako a trip to New York city, let him go in the summer ; and if he takes a boat down tho Hudson, when he arrives between the High Lands, let him cast his eye up to the right, and near the Lightning Observatory he will behold tho beautiful mansion of Park Wilson ; let him call upon tho family if he choose, and the ever hospital horoine of the " Ten Pirate Shot" will point out to you the grave of " Lon Shannon the Corsair of the Hudson." SCHOOL TEA.CIIEHS. The South is a Paradise for young, unmar ried school ma'ams. We are almost afraid to appond tho following experience, related by Prentice, of the Louisville Journal, for fear the effect might be to drain this part of the country of the very useful and ornament al article referred to above. Prentice says : Some may think it strange (it isn't though) that ever since the time when we remarked in our paper that nine-tenths of all the unmarried young women sent by us to the South as teachers have got married there, we have been literally overwhelmed with applications for New England, New York, Pennsylvania and Ohio. We do not think that, in justice to such of our Southern friends as are in want of teach. ers we can send any girl that will not pledge herself to us to continue at least six months in the business. We know that the condi tions seems bard, but really we shall have to be inexorable. About three years ago the trustees of a fine femalo academy in one of tho Southern States wrote to us to send them a teacher. We sent them a' very beautiful and accom. plished young lady, aud they promptly wrote us a Utter of warm thanks for the se lection. In about three months they wrote us again, telling us that their teacher had got married, and requesting us to send them an-another. We did send them another quite as beautiful and accomplished as the first, and they were, as thoy might be, very much de lighted with her. In just about three months however, they appliod to ns a third time, beg ging us to send them still another, the second bad got married like the first. In their last application, however, they insisted that the lady next sent to them should be plain look ing not less than thirty-five years old. The conditions were difficult, and then we dil not succeed in complying with them. We prevailed upon our friends, the trustees, to ac cept a richly talented lady who was noithcr old nor ogly, she giving us her honor that she would not marry in loss than half a year. We understand that she held out like a brave good girl to the end of the specified time, but not a day alterwards. T1JK TK.nPER OF TI1K- MOlt.TtONN, The California mails bring a new liatch of complaints and denunciations from the Mormons against the United States. They have prepared a long memorial to Congress : It relates how they collected in Jackson Co., Mo., and were driven away by a mob, despoiled of their proptrty, beaten, tarred and feathered J how they went to Clay county in the samo State and wore treated in the same manner ; how they went to Nauvoo, built a large and flourishing city, and were driven away from there after their Prophet had been murdered ; and how they bad, after enduring groat hardships, settled in Utah, hoping to be secure from further persecution. The memorial closes thus : " There has been more crime, outrage and murder in one weok iu California, than in the ten years that wo have sojourned hore ; and the same would apply to New Orleans, St. Louis, Cincinnati, and many other Southern and Western cities. ' lr we are guilty, why not prove it ? If we are not, why persecute us ? Have we, as Amorican citizens, no rights ? Tho only crime that we can acknowledge ourselves guilty of is that of permitting such abandoned cha&c-" ters as many of the government appointees, to remain among us who were so degraded and lost to all self respect as to disgrnco thom-selves in tho eyes of all respectable persons, to dishonor tho government that sent them: aud to calumniate and abuse us. "Our choice for Governor is Brigham Young, and that choice is unanimous. Have nearly a hundred thousand Amorican citizens no right to franchise ? Must they be dra gooned into servile obeisonce to the will of their servants ? How and when were we cut olf from having a voico in tho selection nf those who are to rule us ? We scd to vote in other places ; whero, when and by what authority are wo disfranchised ? Have wo not cause for complaint ? When you reiuct our Uovernor, you reject us. You treated with contempt tho petition of our Legislature; when you did that, you treated us with con tempt, for they were neither elected by stump speeches, cabals, nor log rolling ; they are the unanimous choice of the people who send them. Shall we tamely submit to such highhanded agressions upon our rights, and be come the mean, servile dogs of a tyrannical Admiuistration ? We declare, in the face of high Heaven, God being our helper, we will not. " We come not to you with smooth speech or honeyed words ; we have not learned to cringe beneath the lash of tyranny, nor to basely lick the feet of public servants who undertake to oppresj us. We approach you as your equals, and frankly, openly and above board, ask for our rights. We will not tamely submit to bo abused as we have been hitherto. We approach you not as aclique.acabal, or a miserable faction ; our voice is the united voice of nearly one hundred thousand Ameri cans, laboring under the most unprecedented cruelty, outrage and wrongs, and our cry is, give us our constitutional rights, let us en joy our liberty in peace, and let even-handed justice bo administered throughout the land, for we will no longer wear your cursed yoke of unconstitutional requirements." ruoGUKKS or FHek sou, semti. MENT IBf MI8SOUHI' ' We present th Tollowinj-inUreslffifletear from iA mowV: i An Interesting Incidknt. During the services of the Union Prayer Meeting last night, at the Town-street Methodist Episco pal Church, Dr. Awl showed a pocket bible and related an incident connected with it. Ho stated that it belonged to a gentleman who was a soldier in the English army in the wars against Napoleon, who was a praying man, and who was much exercised in mind respecting his situation. His mind was directed to the ver.se of one of tho psalms, which reads : " A thousand shall fall at thy side, and ton thousand at thy right hand, but it shall not comb nigh thee." This made a great impression on him. On the mornin of the battle of Waterloo, he read his Bible, as was his custom , and instead of placing it in his knapsack, hs placed it in his haversack. The division to which he was attached was not called into action until three o'clock in tho afternoon. He went into the battle, and during the fight the book was pierced with two buileta, which protected him from their force, and doubtless saved his life. At the conclusion of his remarks he returned the book to the owner, who was sitting in one of tho pews. He is now an old man. and still continues in the service of tho Captain of our Salvation. Ho resides in this city and his name is r.oss. 0. & Jour., 16th. am a stranjter here." " An the midnight boarding the dreadful tempest to am I."Hxifrl Curont. OtT Yesterday (election day) as a stran ger from Boston was passing through the State House yard.he was accosted by an Irishman with, "An' where, pleaso ver honor. is, the voting place ? " I do not know," was ine rcpiy, j am a stranger here." fjT The New York Tribune, of Saturday, says, "the interest in, and the attendance upon, tho prayer nieetiugs seems to be fully as great as ever. The meetings seems to be in different parts of the city have been very fully attended and of great interest." The Tribune says of the revival at the Green St. M. E. Church ! We regard the arrangements made for preaching In this Church during the. present week as one of the extraordinary signs of tho times. Only think of it I In a Methodist Church, in tho midst of revival efforts, the Ituv. Drs. Cuylcr, Totts, Thompson, Dowlinz and Smith, from so many different church or ganizations, all to preach the Gospel on so many successive evenings ; then th whole to conclude, Saturday night, by a Unionexperience-meeting. The people generally, we judge, will not fail to manifest a strong inter est jn these sermons from so many of the masters in Israel, and injthe religious exercises which are to follow. :, ... (7-Tbe Marshall - Illinoisan announces the death of Jonathan Hickliu, of Clarke county, III., at the advanced age of 108 years. 03" Piches consist in that which mfiveth, and not ia that which is ivpnflwnu. ' OnEooN, Holt Co., Mo., April 9 '58. Eds. Cost: A few of our citizens went over to Kansas the other evening, to hear Gen. Lane speak. We were all much pleased with his discourse, which was conservative and friendly. He rematked, concerning the Le- compton Constitution, that if it did pass Con-gress it would make no disturbance in Kan. sas, " not a ripple upon the waters, gen tlernen," wore his words. Last night we got the news of the defeat f the Lecompton ConstituUon.which was hailed with joy by all tho people of Oregon, nottver. excrfptiag. the postmaster. Holtcounty isanti-Lccompton by nineteen twentieths majority. I will add that all north and nordwest Mia souriis an ti-Lecompton, and manycounti strongly anti-slavery. The people are wait wg patiently for the day when emancipation will be the question in their State Legislature- Only let the North continue to pour in her Free Soil population m she has been, and tha day of freedom is not far distant. Southern emigrant aid societies are endeavoring to coun teract tho emigration fronv the North by send ing their " poor white trash " and dirt eater into Missouri; but the whole South combined cannot send as many peoplo into the State as one good emigrant society of the North can. Another thin, tha Knrthorn u.;.t is industrious, intelligent and energetic, while- the Southern emigrant is generally a degraded, lazy, whiskey swilling vagabond. X moan tho poor emigrant. We greet the North ern emigrant with a cordial welcome, know, ing that he adds to the value of our lands, and tho average of intelligence. I cannot see, for the life of mo, why men should go to Iowa, Nebraska, Kansas, while this Northern Mis. souri is so sparsely settled, and presents faciU ities in respect to climate, soil, timber and water, surpassing those. Another thing, land is cheaper here than in Iowa, from the fast that there is no wild speculation. Every county in this section has a good school found ; for instance, this county (Holt) has over one hundred thousand dollars for that purpose well secured at 10 per cent HOLT. The Missouri Democrat, of the 17th. publ - es some Free-Soil correspondence, from which wo quote : Mastbasvills, Mo., April 8. 1858. I emigrated front Ohio' to Missouri on th 25th day of December. 1858. I came her : through the advice of an esteemed friend. : Since I have been inMissourimy expectation have been more than realized; and I proudly 1 say moreover I have, reported so favorably to . Ohio, that before this year is out, I expect to bo instrumental in bringing from thirty to fifty more to the bone and sinews here that earn their living by the sweat of their brow. Let every man who emigrates to Missouri do ball ! as well fer the next fivo years, and free labor will have supremo power. .. You have no idea of the great rush of em!. gration to Missouri from the Free States, and i the slaveholders make money by selling their farms or subdividing thun. You seldom or never hear of afree-soilcr selling his farm, unless it is to buy a better one. Nearly all the farms for tale, or sold, are these feraurly occupied or cultivated by slaves. ' '. Missocbi Rivm, April 12, 1851 The conviction is forcing itself upon the pea. pie upon the slaveholders themselves that free labor is more profitable ihatf unrequited ser vice ; that white freemen are more desirable than black bondmen ; that if tho slaves were "cleared out," ten whites from the older States would replace the Inu of every one of tho sable population. Missouri lies in the latitude of wheat and ' corn the white mon's latitude. It is too cold for the African, but is exactly adapted to the ' white man's constitution. It is as hard for tho negro to endure the climate of Missouri as tho ' white man to stand the malaria heat of Lousi- ' ana. The motto of the party is, " Missouri for ' white men, and white men for Missouri." The free-soil sentiment will gain ground with ' an accelerated spoed, and I am so sanguine of the speedy triumph of our cause, in this State. " that I affix five years hence as the limit of servitude in Missouri. From the Alexandra (Mo.)rolta,Apra 1S.J A OROWlNO CACSB. , We have noticed the advance of the cause of free-lubor in Missouri sa indicated by the result of the recent election in Bt. Louis. Wa have a still better indication of the advance of public sentiment in the olectioo of Gardenhir ' Mayor of Jefferson City. Gun. Oardeibire ia a thorough-going emancipationist, and his published speeches against slavery and in favor of frce-labor are producing a wonderful effect amongst the masses in this State. The peoplo are learning that friends of free-labor are - not negro slaves, and as the public mind becomes enligbtonod, prejudices are dissipated A the masses begin to reallixe that the tnt interests of Missouri csn only be secured anal advanced by the triumph of the Mends of fre. labor. This conviction Is becoming very ttrone in the northeastern part of the Stat, and era long will be driven to embrace th principle, of free-labor as the best mesne of advancing tbsj interest of the white people. CS-The White of en Egr has proreoT af late the most efficacious remedy for bums.-Seven or eight successive applications of thia substance soothes the pain, and effectual! r excludes the burnt parts from the air. Thia simple remedy seems to as far preferable to collodion or cotton. .. r t r

:;SFOL , IV. ' MOUNT VERNON, OHIO, TUESDAY MORNING, APR. 27, 1858. NO. 24: (i-;;;:,(.' LECOMPTON. From "April Fool" Poem in ths Modi American. ( , , , Hold ! her is one and what's to pay ? . Lccompton's dead and gone, . , Ilia body in the Court House lay I '' Good bye, old Le-comp-ton. in i Go on 1 Lecompton's dead they say, lie died near alt-fools' Htation ; Ile'll come to life again by May And fool this mighty Nation. Hold up 1 we'll take another look ; . They've made him a long will, All pettifogged from head to foot, ' Intended for a sell. Tou're not Lccompton, that's a fact, You're old St. Patrick, certain : Somo simple dolls have brought you back From out behind tho curtain. .Poor old St. Patrick, now for fun ! How badly your are used ; They've turned you into Le-comp-ton, And put you iu his shoes. Well, never mind, old Beeswax Pat, Before May flowers blossom They'll find out that you're a rat, And only playing possum ,. What ! ho ; old-horse-bird travel on J We'll never be thus foolod, Good bye, old bogus Le-comp-ton, Drive on, old long-winged mule ! self into ber presence, the work hag been ac. coinplishcd as you desired," 'lis well,' responded tlie lair girl witu a sien- 'Yes, but, my love, Park Wilson, will find this a tough night to bo boxing about in t Written for tho Evening Expositor. LON SHANNON. THE CORSAIR OP THE HUDSON. o it DELL LIXDON; TPS TEN IMItATE SHOT. A TIIKILMVG TALE. OF OCEAN ADVENTURE. BIT W. t. HABT, ESQ. AUTflOU OF THE " TUB BAILOR BOY ' MBF.TINQ." "BEN TAIL," "WHALE FI8HERT," ETC., Ambitious love or gainful trade, Still led them on their way ; Not so fur me my soul wus mad. To seek another stay. Concluded. , . . Just as the god of day was hiding behind the low storm cloud in the western horizon, ton Shannon ordered out the quarter boat, jfhis being done a goodly amount of provisions , jwere placed in her. Park Wilson was then . brought into the presence of the Pirate chief-. . i tain; his irons were removed and ho was hurried over the side into the boat. 'There you arc, my friend Wilson, without leckor compass,' said Lnn Shannon; 'it is but . ' the bidding of Dell Lindon. Should you be .' picked up, 'tis well; should you perish, you may thank the wife of Lon Shannon; good night, sir; may you have a prosperous voyage.'"Shiver my bloody chain plates,' chimed in "the first mate 'if he don't have a twister afore momin.' Could the reader have peepod in the cabin of the Black Thunderer, while these things H were transpiring on deck. Dell Lindon might i have been seen to tnko a pencij, and teiring a fly-leaf from a book, to pen thereon a hasty . note, and as hastily cork said note tightly in a glass bottle. When Park Wilson drifted astern of the -ship, he beheld i he face of his beloved Dell through tho cabin window; ho ' also saw her open a dead light and cast the glass bottle in- to the sea, which our hero soon caught as it was floating past him. This littU incident wag unobserved by the pirates as l.hey had not even condescended to j bestow a look upon their victim, after he was cut adri't. Park Wilson hastily uncorked the i bottle and drew forth the note, which ran as ' follows: v 'O, my dear Park, whero, where ix this sad j and fcarfnl drama to end ? As soon as dark- . ness sulhciently sew in, turn and follow us; j get on board seeretly, if possible, and then .;, trust to Providence for (Tie result. If you ': fail I am lost. Bnt remember, should you fail, rather than become a pirate's bride, I will trust to the effects ofa via! or deadly poison I have in my bosom. Yours only, Dell.' . How sad and burdened must have been the winds of Tark Wilson and Dell Lindon, situ-tcd as they now were. .' The defenceless maiden alone, in the power i a band ol men whose avocation was to dip their hands in the blood of their fellow beings and who subsisted upon the ill-gotten spoils 01 innocent captives. No less horrible was the situation of Park TVilson, alone in a frail boat upon the track Jess deep, thousand miles from aid. L But we hurry on to tho conclusion. , On that very night, dear reader, the spirit or the storm, clothed in the most terrific hor rors, strode like a devastating angel of death o'er the rice of the great deep. The very portals or heaven were opened in their fury.the rattling thunders boomed forth peal on peal and the storm king burst forth in his appalling Tengeanco, until the ocean was shook into mountain heaps, and add to the awful sublim itf of that terrible night, the watch-fires of heaven alternately blazed forth and sent its forked tributaries all along the muffled canopy, while ever and anon the boiling - ocean could be seen stacking billow upon billow for mild around. "I . , . When Park Wilson was known to bt well dear of the ship, Lon Shannon bent his foot steps towards the cabin. After walking thro1 Jolly boat. You have looked upon his face for the last time. But never mind, Dell for by that name henco forth I shall call you we shall soon be united, and then adieu to cruising under the skull and cross bones. I hav'nt always been a pirate,' said Shannon, musingly, 'oh, no, I once was rich, honorable; held a Lieutenant's commission in the Royal Navy; out in an evil moment I struck my captain to tho deck a corpse. No one saw tho act, and he was buried not a dozen leagues from where we now are. Heavens ! how the wind blows!' exclaimed the pirate, interrupting himscl f. 'I al ways hated to cruise in these in fernal latitudes. Well as I was saying, it happened just about hore the story is short I urged tho crew to forsake their king. They did so, and good gracious! what heavy thun der! I was about to say there has been a terrible havoc among my men sinco that day, for out of one hundred and thirty hardy tars, I have only thirty-three to flock around my standard. 'My tale is soon told. I have captured every richly laden vessel which has put to sea from the mouth of the Hudson for 18 months and it was while wandering upon the banks of that pleasant river, with an eyo out to plunder, that I first saw thee, sweet Dull Lindon. and I swore that I would possess thee, and my vow has been tulfiled. A terrible clap of thunder caused Dell to utter a slight shriek, another and another, un til it had absolutely become dreadful. Lon Shannon moved about uneasy. He paced the cabin floor until the ship plunged so fearfully that it becamo beyond the power of man to keep his legs, then he repaired to the deck, but soon returned. On, on.dashed tho Black Thunderer, before the wrath of the storm king. '0, how terrible! ' Lost! lost! ! ' exclaimed Dell Lindon, in utter despair. 'No hope left; Lost! lost!' and the poor girl sank down upon the cabin floor, and wept aloud. Dell had en tertained a hopo that Park would yet get on board, but now that the tornado had attained such an awful intensity, she had ceased to hope, and felt sure that her lover was swal lowed up in the mighty surges of old ocean. '0, no, my dear, not lost?' exclaimed Lon Shannon, trying to quiet her, 'not lost; there is plenty of sea room and we have a tight ship. Park Wilson has foundered ere this,' said the pirate, hall aside, Hardly had Lnn Shannon finished the last sentence when a dreadful crash shook the ship from keel to truck. The sound of the crack ing timbers, mingled with the howling ol the tempest on such an awful night as the one in question, can be likened to nothing but a battle of the seraphs with the legions of hell. Lon Shannon leaped to his feet. A howl of despair arose from the crow upon deck, adding terror upon teiror. Tho pirate chief stood for a moment completely spell bound, and his features were of a marble whiteness. 'For God's sake!' he Bhouted, 'where are we?' and he turned to rush on deck. A noise as of some person descending the gangway stairs, caused him to pause a mo ment. The next instant Lon Shannon, was felled to the deck by a powerful blow from an iron belaying him, and ho lay bleoding and sense- less upon the cabin floor, The Chief mate now came down the gang way to consult his captain. He, too, was fel led by th ! simie powerful arm 1 he stranger, which our readers will recog- nizo as no other than Park Wilson, and the crashing of timbers no other than the smash ing of his boat, as she plunged against the ship's side. Immediately after felling the mate, he dis covered a state room door to be slowly open ing, and thinking that it was another officer, he planted himself to deal him also a death blow with his faithful and trusting belaying pin; but, just as the fatal blow was about to descend, Dell Lindon rushed out into his arms. We need not say that Park Wilson, was glad that he did not strike. 'Hist! hist!' whispered Park to his sweet heart. Our hero now placed his hand upon the bell rope and rang for j.lio officer of the deck. The chief mate being below, the second of ficer answered the summons, and also descended the stairs to the cabin. The same fate wan in store for him, which his captain and chief mate had received, and he, too, was felled by" the trusty belaying pin. Lon Shannon had now somewhat recovered from the effects of the blow he had received, and was about rising to spring upon his un known antagonist, when Dell Lindon observ ed the movement, and suddenly springing to his side, she severed his pistols from his belt, and planting herself firmly against the pirate's side, she presented both pistols to his breast and bade bim stir a muscle upon the peril of instant death. Foiled In his attempt to rise, Lon Shannon again fell Back, with a curse, to the floor. A few moments sufficed for Park Wilson, to secure the three worthies with strong cords. Strange, indeed, wertJ these events. So loud had been the wail of the tempest that no noise of the eabin struggle had been heard by the crew on deck. ' . Thus far" then all Was well. The gags were placed into the pirate's mouths,' and the main cabin he knocked upon the door of j Shannon with hisoomrades wflrt tumbled Dell's apartment. ' i own 'nto 1,16 t0,P' ruD n(' tn batches 'Well, my Ioto,' said the pirate bowing him- battened dewaortr their heads. Doll Lindon and her lover now proceeded to open the pirate's rich wardrobe, and only few moments sufficed for our heroine to ex change her female attire and don the garb of a Corsair. And we question whethor a more beautiful specimen of tho human ever appeared decked out in the gay plumage of the out1 law of the ocean. - Park Wilson, too, had provided himself with one of Lon Shannon's suits Now, dear, reader, the most terrible part of this unparalleled drama was about to be en acted; the wholo pirate horde on dock, was yet to be subdued, or an awful fate awaited the lovers. With a firm step, our hero and heroine pro ceeded on deck, after, however, first arming themselves to the teeth, with pistols andcutlasses. The fury of the tornado was evidently well nigh spent, and tho mighty sea was falling before the stilling influence of a lull. As soon as Park Wilson reached the deck, he proceeded forward. The man of the helm of course took no notice of this event, because he presumed them to bo his chief and ono of his officers. - Upon arriving forward. Park took in at a glance tho lay of the land. lie saw that all the srew but two or three were stowed away forward of the windlass, under the topgallant fore castle. He made no remark, but walked back tc the stern and stepped boldly up to the pira:e at the holm, presented a pistol at his breast, and whispered in his ear 'stir but an inch and you're a dead man. You are my prisoner. Your captain and officers are all se cured, and I have a trusty crew on deck. Hemember.a single word from your lips brings instant death.' The pirate helmsman looked his intorlocu tor in the face, arid he fairly gasped for breath, when, by the faint glimmering of the binnacle lamp, he beheld the features of Park Wilson, whom he supposed was buried in the dopths of the ocean ere this, aud the poor outlaw shook like an aspen, and when our hero in lormea mm mat lie would station a man over him to see that he observed his commands, his knees absolutely clashed together, and he whispered for mercy. Dell Lindon took her stand by the helmsman's side and bared her cutlass to his gate. l ark ilson now began to unlash the 12 pound caronades to windward a very differ cult matter for one to accomplish in a rough sea but common obstacles were a thing not to be thought of in such an euieigsncy, and a half hour suffioad for our hero to unship four of these heavy guns and . nicely arrange them in a line across the quarter deck in a manner to sweep tho whole fore part of the ship at every discharge. This plan was concocted and put in execu- toin without the knowledge of tho crew who in fact, knew batter than to even step upon the quarterdeck without orders for Lon Shannon was a disciplinarian, most terrible in his correctness. The morning dawn was fast appearing in the east. Another hour and the d-xuu of Dell Lindon and her lover would be sealed for hap pmess or woe. Luch took his and her station between a pair of those twelve Dounders. Park Wilson placed tho speaking trumpet to his lips, and called all hands. What a mo ment of suspense! The men all tumbled aft into the waiste, at the supposed summons of their leader. o unge oi ineir consternation and surprise, when their eyes fill! upon the position of tho quarter deck; when they beheld tho piercing eye of their; supposod victim transfixed upon thein; when they boheld a strange young man resting either hand upon a twelve pound car onade upon his left. f i. . . men exclaimed our hero, 'you are my prisoners! My hand, you will observe, rests upon the lock-strings of these guns. Stir but a foot from where you are, without orders, and the contents of these trusty caronades shall hurl you all into eternity.' A report of a pistol at our hero's side, caus ed him to look around, and close by his heels the pirate helmsman lay weltering in his gore. He had attempted to leave his wheel, and creep up behind Park; but tho quick eye of Dell had caught the movement, and her un erring aim had frustrated his design by send ing a brace of bullets through his brains. 'You will observe, men,' continued Park, 'that we are desperate and determined, else we would not have incurred the risk we hire to board you, on such a night as the one we bavo just witnessed. Step, one of you. and lock the gangway door leading to the fore castle.' The crew were completely staggered by the events, but one man started with tho pretense of fulfilling the command; but instead of locking the door he threw it open, and was in the act of descending, when a bullet from one of our hero's pistols tumpled him, also a corpse, down in the forecastle below. 'Now lay aloft, every mother's son of you,' shouted Park Wilson in a tone of thunder. The crew did not seem inclined to move. ' 'Stand by!' shouted Park, turning to Dell, 'Stand byl All ready! Fi , but before the word fire was fully pronounced, the crew, with one accord, sprang into the rigging. One by one, the pirates wore ordered down and as fast as thoy touched ths deck, they were ironed off by the undaunted Dell Lin don. ' - One man, mors bold than ths rest, had suc ceeded in getting very near across upon the for and aft stay, from ths for to .ths main rigging. Upon being ordered back, he seized a marlinsplke which hung in ths rigging, and hurled it at the head of our hero, who fell before its crushing force, senseless to the deck. 0, heavens! what a moment of trial was this, Dell Lindon grasped a pistol from her belt and took a steady aim at the pirate who felled her lover. She pulled upon him, and in another moment ho tumbled from bis porch and his fall caused his very bones to stick promiscuously in ths dock. The pirates ten in number which had not as yet been placed in irons, bow began to lay down from aloft, thinking to take advan tage of this moment and turn ths tide of their ill-fortune. With horrible curses thoy bogan to descsud in a body down the starboard fore rigging. Doll Lindon, with a quick powor of conception, which would have done honor to the most triod veteran.darted aft to the twelv pouDder, where her lover lay, and, with poweriui jorlc, she succeeded in pulling out one of the coins under tho breach ofa caro nade thus elevating the gun to an anglo of forty live degrees, and as quick as thought, she seized the lock-strings and the murderous gun opened its deadly fed thunder upon the descending pirates. ior a moment the result of that terrible discharge was enshrouded iu smoke. A sti fled cry, mingling with the crushing of bul warks and cracking of rent cordage, preson. ted a frightful illustration of ocean war. Aw ful! aye, terrible was tho effects of that shot. Of all the starboard rigging, every pirate do scending those shrouds, not a vestage remain' od; all had met with oue common destruc tion, and scattered hithor and yon upon the boiling waters could be seen strewn fragments of human bodies. Dell Lindon had indeed de cided the dreodlul day, by her Tun Puu.it: Suot. The report of the caronade had fully arous'd Park Wilson to consciousness, and .upon examination it was found that he was only stunned, and not seriously hurt, and in two hours he had entirely recovered, with the ex ception of some pain, experienced from his flesh wound. Out of the thirty-four, thirteen had been killed and only twenty-one remained; but those wore all secured. Five of these were now reloased and made to clear up the ship's decks, and make jail, &c. Accordingly all were made to take tegular turns and do ship duty. It was a lovely morn, six days after the event recorded above, that the Black Thun derer, under piratical colors, might have been seen standing boldly into the mouth of the beautiful Hudson lliver. Mon, women and children flocked from all quarters, by hundreds; for tho report that Lon bliannon, the notorious Corsair of the Hud son, was sailing up the river, spread like wild fire. What did it mean? Was be pursuod like Robert Kidd of old? and did he wish to sink his ship by the side of the old hulk of that no ted Tirate? Thousands of such speculations were ad vanced by the multitude, as they thronged thither to obtain a glance at the Pirate ship. Steadily on stood the bold buccaneer; his streamer floating in the gentle breeze, bearing upon its folds the terrible piratical emblem, known as the skull and cross bones. The Thunderer sailed as if by magic, and when her yards were braced or squared they moved apparently through tho agency of in visible spirits. Presently her long tier of of spar deck-ports began to raise and simultaneously both her broadsides rent the air with their most deafening thunder. Many persons fled from the banks of the river thinking that Loo Shannon had indeed made bold to search out prises under the very eyes of the government, and also dared to turn his erd nance upon peaceful eitiieas on shore. An old gentleman now rode up in hot haste and shouted at the top of his voice- Clear the way here! Come on!' said he turning in bis saddle and addressing a corps of artillery. 'Forward?' again thundered the old man and plank your field-pieces upon this eminence and stand ready to fire upon the bloody pirate the moment I give the word. I will teach him to run into this river with impunity. 0, the dog; I believe he stole my child; ah, yes. my children Park and Dell! Just as Col. Lindon, was about to give the word fire, the rattling of the cablo through the hawser holes on board the pirate, announ ced the Black Thunderer was coming toanchor. All eyes were turned toward the ship when beautiful female leaped upon the wheel house. A moment she stood and surveyed the crowd on shore, and then in a clear ring ing voice, she cried 'Bring the prisoners on deck!, In a moment three men loaded with chains. stood by her side. Behold, Lon Shannon.' continued tho fo- malo, 'the multitude, into whose hands I am about to deliver you. May the Lord have mercy upon you. - Once mors shall you hear the thunders of your home of blood, and then farewell; all ready fire!' shouted Dull Lindon, and the peal of the Black Thunderer's batte ries was heard to echo for miles across the country. Gracious heavens!' shouted old Col. Lindon rushing down the river bank, 'my child! my child.' ' A few moments and Park Wilson had lowered a boat and landed amid shouts and cheers from ths populace. Old Col, Lindon strained his daughter to his bosom. ' He em braced Park Wilton, and, in the presence of the excited crowd, he placed his daughter's hand in that of our hero's and bade them go and be happy. i Park Wilson was mounted upon a box, and related the history of their sdventures how Dell Lindon was abducted his sufferings tho blinding storm all, all; and his re marks of success during these trying scenes; and the heroic feat of Doll Lindon, in bor ten pirate shot, were received amid the most deaf-oning applause and exclamations of wonder ever recorded upon the heroio page . 'What kind ofa kettle o' fish is this? roared a little man, as he came rushing down the hill, after he saw that there was no more danger of his getting killed , for, to tell the truth, he had been tho first man to run, when tho Thundsrer fired her batteries, 1 tell me immediately, gentlemen, for you must be aware that I am no other person than the fearless and intrepid Bill Bangham, high sheriff of this county no palaverin. By the powers, I must make an awful report of this day's work.' Col. Lindon explained the matter to the little sheriff, who thought something must be done immediately to capture the pirate. A shout arose in the crowd 1 haner him! hang him ! ' The sheriff thinking that thoy meant him, fell upou his knees and began to mplore tho protection of tho Colonel. ' Up man ! up, sir,' said the Colonel, 'tncy aon't mean you ; wey mean tho pi rate.' Oh, that alters the matter,' roared tho little sheritf, jumping to his feet ' Hold. gentlemen, hold ; I am high sheriff of this county, and you must know I will bavo no lynching hore,' and the undaunted littlo spe cimon of a sheriff began to slide off up tho hill. Just as the sun was disappearing iu the west, Lon Sbanron .was escorted on shore, amid yells more savage than were credited to Aborigines of tho American wild, Tho prisoner's were dragged to tho spot where Dell Lindon was seized, upon the night of her abduction, and there, before their eyes, a gib bet was erected.. The two officers were strung up first, to make the mental pang more dreadful to the pirate chieftain. Another moment, and Lon Shannon, the Corsair of the Hudson, was dangling a corpse between the heavens and the earth. Some weeks after the above event, tho crew of tho Thundorer were sent to England in irons, to bo tried and convicted according to the laws of their native country. All were transported for life. Parliament very humanely appropriated a portion 10,000 to be settled upon Park Wilson and Dell Lindon upon the event of their marriage ; which event, dear reader, we are gratified to chron icle, took place within a month after Lon Shannon expiated his crimes. The old Colonel lived a good many years to bicss his grand children, and to enjoy happi-noss,becauso of his children's happiness. And now in conclusion wo would say, should the reader cvor tako a trip to New York city, let him go in the summer ; and if he takes a boat down tho Hudson, when he arrives between the High Lands, let him cast his eye up to the right, and near the Lightning Observatory he will behold tho beautiful mansion of Park Wilson ; let him call upon tho family if he choose, and the ever hospital horoine of the " Ten Pirate Shot" will point out to you the grave of " Lon Shannon the Corsair of the Hudson." SCHOOL TEA.CIIEHS. The South is a Paradise for young, unmar ried school ma'ams. We are almost afraid to appond tho following experience, related by Prentice, of the Louisville Journal, for fear the effect might be to drain this part of the country of the very useful and ornament al article referred to above. Prentice says : Some may think it strange (it isn't though) that ever since the time when we remarked in our paper that nine-tenths of all the unmarried young women sent by us to the South as teachers have got married there, we have been literally overwhelmed with applications for New England, New York, Pennsylvania and Ohio. We do not think that, in justice to such of our Southern friends as are in want of teach. ers we can send any girl that will not pledge herself to us to continue at least six months in the business. We know that the condi tions seems bard, but really we shall have to be inexorable. About three years ago the trustees of a fine femalo academy in one of tho Southern States wrote to us to send them a teacher. We sent them a' very beautiful and accom. plished young lady, aud they promptly wrote us a Utter of warm thanks for the se lection. In about three months they wrote us again, telling us that their teacher had got married, and requesting us to send them an-another. We did send them another quite as beautiful and accomplished as the first, and they were, as thoy might be, very much de lighted with her. In just about three months however, they appliod to ns a third time, beg ging us to send them still another, the second bad got married like the first. In their last application, however, they insisted that the lady next sent to them should be plain look ing not less than thirty-five years old. The conditions were difficult, and then we dil not succeed in complying with them. We prevailed upon our friends, the trustees, to ac cept a richly talented lady who was noithcr old nor ogly, she giving us her honor that she would not marry in loss than half a year. We understand that she held out like a brave good girl to the end of the specified time, but not a day alterwards. T1JK TK.nPER OF TI1K- MOlt.TtONN, The California mails bring a new liatch of complaints and denunciations from the Mormons against the United States. They have prepared a long memorial to Congress : It relates how they collected in Jackson Co., Mo., and were driven away by a mob, despoiled of their proptrty, beaten, tarred and feathered J how they went to Clay county in the samo State and wore treated in the same manner ; how they went to Nauvoo, built a large and flourishing city, and were driven away from there after their Prophet had been murdered ; and how they bad, after enduring groat hardships, settled in Utah, hoping to be secure from further persecution. The memorial closes thus : " There has been more crime, outrage and murder in one weok iu California, than in the ten years that wo have sojourned hore ; and the same would apply to New Orleans, St. Louis, Cincinnati, and many other Southern and Western cities. ' lr we are guilty, why not prove it ? If we are not, why persecute us ? Have we, as Amorican citizens, no rights ? Tho only crime that we can acknowledge ourselves guilty of is that of permitting such abandoned cha&c-" ters as many of the government appointees, to remain among us who were so degraded and lost to all self respect as to disgrnco thom-selves in tho eyes of all respectable persons, to dishonor tho government that sent them: aud to calumniate and abuse us. "Our choice for Governor is Brigham Young, and that choice is unanimous. Have nearly a hundred thousand Amorican citizens no right to franchise ? Must they be dra gooned into servile obeisonce to the will of their servants ? How and when were we cut olf from having a voico in tho selection nf those who are to rule us ? We scd to vote in other places ; whero, when and by what authority are wo disfranchised ? Have wo not cause for complaint ? When you reiuct our Uovernor, you reject us. You treated with contempt tho petition of our Legislature; when you did that, you treated us with con tempt, for they were neither elected by stump speeches, cabals, nor log rolling ; they are the unanimous choice of the people who send them. Shall we tamely submit to such highhanded agressions upon our rights, and be come the mean, servile dogs of a tyrannical Admiuistration ? We declare, in the face of high Heaven, God being our helper, we will not. " We come not to you with smooth speech or honeyed words ; we have not learned to cringe beneath the lash of tyranny, nor to basely lick the feet of public servants who undertake to oppresj us. We approach you as your equals, and frankly, openly and above board, ask for our rights. We will not tamely submit to bo abused as we have been hitherto. We approach you not as aclique.acabal, or a miserable faction ; our voice is the united voice of nearly one hundred thousand Ameri cans, laboring under the most unprecedented cruelty, outrage and wrongs, and our cry is, give us our constitutional rights, let us en joy our liberty in peace, and let even-handed justice bo administered throughout the land, for we will no longer wear your cursed yoke of unconstitutional requirements." ruoGUKKS or FHek sou, semti. MENT IBf MI8SOUHI' ' We present th Tollowinj-inUreslffifletear from iA mowV: i An Interesting Incidknt. During the services of the Union Prayer Meeting last night, at the Town-street Methodist Episco pal Church, Dr. Awl showed a pocket bible and related an incident connected with it. Ho stated that it belonged to a gentleman who was a soldier in the English army in the wars against Napoleon, who was a praying man, and who was much exercised in mind respecting his situation. His mind was directed to the ver.se of one of tho psalms, which reads : " A thousand shall fall at thy side, and ton thousand at thy right hand, but it shall not comb nigh thee." This made a great impression on him. On the mornin of the battle of Waterloo, he read his Bible, as was his custom , and instead of placing it in his knapsack, hs placed it in his haversack. The division to which he was attached was not called into action until three o'clock in tho afternoon. He went into the battle, and during the fight the book was pierced with two buileta, which protected him from their force, and doubtless saved his life. At the conclusion of his remarks he returned the book to the owner, who was sitting in one of tho pews. He is now an old man. and still continues in the service of tho Captain of our Salvation. Ho resides in this city and his name is r.oss. 0. & Jour., 16th. am a stranjter here." " An the midnight boarding the dreadful tempest to am I."Hxifrl Curont. OtT Yesterday (election day) as a stran ger from Boston was passing through the State House yard.he was accosted by an Irishman with, "An' where, pleaso ver honor. is, the voting place ? " I do not know," was ine rcpiy, j am a stranger here." fjT The New York Tribune, of Saturday, says, "the interest in, and the attendance upon, tho prayer nieetiugs seems to be fully as great as ever. The meetings seems to be in different parts of the city have been very fully attended and of great interest." The Tribune says of the revival at the Green St. M. E. Church ! We regard the arrangements made for preaching In this Church during the. present week as one of the extraordinary signs of tho times. Only think of it I In a Methodist Church, in tho midst of revival efforts, the Ituv. Drs. Cuylcr, Totts, Thompson, Dowlinz and Smith, from so many different church or ganizations, all to preach the Gospel on so many successive evenings ; then th whole to conclude, Saturday night, by a Unionexperience-meeting. The people generally, we judge, will not fail to manifest a strong inter est jn these sermons from so many of the masters in Israel, and injthe religious exercises which are to follow. :, ... (7-Tbe Marshall - Illinoisan announces the death of Jonathan Hickliu, of Clarke county, III., at the advanced age of 108 years. 03" Piches consist in that which mfiveth, and not ia that which is ivpnflwnu. ' OnEooN, Holt Co., Mo., April 9 '58. Eds. Cost: A few of our citizens went over to Kansas the other evening, to hear Gen. Lane speak. We were all much pleased with his discourse, which was conservative and friendly. He rematked, concerning the Le- compton Constitution, that if it did pass Con-gress it would make no disturbance in Kan. sas, " not a ripple upon the waters, gen tlernen," wore his words. Last night we got the news of the defeat f the Lecompton ConstituUon.which was hailed with joy by all tho people of Oregon, nottver. excrfptiag. the postmaster. Holtcounty isanti-Lccompton by nineteen twentieths majority. I will add that all north and nordwest Mia souriis an ti-Lecompton, and manycounti strongly anti-slavery. The people are wait wg patiently for the day when emancipation will be the question in their State Legislature- Only let the North continue to pour in her Free Soil population m she has been, and tha day of freedom is not far distant. Southern emigrant aid societies are endeavoring to coun teract tho emigration fronv the North by send ing their " poor white trash " and dirt eater into Missouri; but the whole South combined cannot send as many peoplo into the State as one good emigrant society of the North can. Another thin, tha Knrthorn u.;.t is industrious, intelligent and energetic, while- the Southern emigrant is generally a degraded, lazy, whiskey swilling vagabond. X moan tho poor emigrant. We greet the North ern emigrant with a cordial welcome, know, ing that he adds to the value of our lands, and tho average of intelligence. I cannot see, for the life of mo, why men should go to Iowa, Nebraska, Kansas, while this Northern Mis. souri is so sparsely settled, and presents faciU ities in respect to climate, soil, timber and water, surpassing those. Another thing, land is cheaper here than in Iowa, from the fast that there is no wild speculation. Every county in this section has a good school found ; for instance, this county (Holt) has over one hundred thousand dollars for that purpose well secured at 10 per cent HOLT. The Missouri Democrat, of the 17th. publ - es some Free-Soil correspondence, from which wo quote : Mastbasvills, Mo., April 8. 1858. I emigrated front Ohio' to Missouri on th 25th day of December. 1858. I came her : through the advice of an esteemed friend. : Since I have been inMissourimy expectation have been more than realized; and I proudly 1 say moreover I have, reported so favorably to . Ohio, that before this year is out, I expect to bo instrumental in bringing from thirty to fifty more to the bone and sinews here that earn their living by the sweat of their brow. Let every man who emigrates to Missouri do ball ! as well fer the next fivo years, and free labor will have supremo power. .. You have no idea of the great rush of em!. gration to Missouri from the Free States, and i the slaveholders make money by selling their farms or subdividing thun. You seldom or never hear of afree-soilcr selling his farm, unless it is to buy a better one. Nearly all the farms for tale, or sold, are these feraurly occupied or cultivated by slaves. ' '. Missocbi Rivm, April 12, 1851 The conviction is forcing itself upon the pea. pie upon the slaveholders themselves that free labor is more profitable ihatf unrequited ser vice ; that white freemen are more desirable than black bondmen ; that if tho slaves were "cleared out," ten whites from the older States would replace the Inu of every one of tho sable population. Missouri lies in the latitude of wheat and ' corn the white mon's latitude. It is too cold for the African, but is exactly adapted to the ' white man's constitution. It is as hard for tho negro to endure the climate of Missouri as tho ' white man to stand the malaria heat of Lousi- ' ana. The motto of the party is, " Missouri for ' white men, and white men for Missouri." The free-soil sentiment will gain ground with ' an accelerated spoed, and I am so sanguine of the speedy triumph of our cause, in this State. " that I affix five years hence as the limit of servitude in Missouri. From the Alexandra (Mo.)rolta,Apra 1S.J A OROWlNO CACSB. , We have noticed the advance of the cause of free-lubor in Missouri sa indicated by the result of the recent election in Bt. Louis. Wa have a still better indication of the advance of public sentiment in the olectioo of Gardenhir ' Mayor of Jefferson City. Gun. Oardeibire ia a thorough-going emancipationist, and his published speeches against slavery and in favor of frce-labor are producing a wonderful effect amongst the masses in this State. The peoplo are learning that friends of free-labor are - not negro slaves, and as the public mind becomes enligbtonod, prejudices are dissipated A the masses begin to reallixe that the tnt interests of Missouri csn only be secured anal advanced by the triumph of the Mends of fre. labor. This conviction Is becoming very ttrone in the northeastern part of the Stat, and era long will be driven to embrace th principle, of free-labor as the best mesne of advancing tbsj interest of the white people. CS-The White of en Egr has proreoT af late the most efficacious remedy for bums.-Seven or eight successive applications of thia substance soothes the pain, and effectual! r excludes the burnt parts from the air. Thia simple remedy seems to as far preferable to collodion or cotton. .. r t r